Space Movement
The Earth's orbit around the sun lasts this long.
1 year or 365 Days
Earth's rotation on it's axis
When the northern hemisphere is having spring, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Fall
The amount of time it takes the moon to revolve around Earth
29 days/ approximately 1 month
How is a canyon formed?
Weathering and erosion by a river cutting through a plateau over thousands and millions of years
The amount of time it takes the Earth to make one full rotation
1 day or 24 hours
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are called the
Rocky planets, Inner Planets or Terrestrial Planets
What season is it when the earth is tilted toward the sun?
Summer
Name two landforms that are made by mostly depostion.
Delta and sand dunes
The Sun appearing to Rise and Set is caused by this....
Earth's rotation on its axis
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called the
Outer Planets or Gas Giants
True or False: It is summer when the Earth is closest to the sun in its orbit.
False it is actually winter for us then
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
New Moon
TRUE OR FALSE
Caves are formed by ice breaking through the hard rock.
FALSE! Caves are formed by water weathering and eroding the softer rock.
This word describes the path that the Earth and all of the other planets take around the Sun
Orbit
Describe the movement of shadows throughout the day.
Start long, get shorter until noon and then get long again.
Why do we have seasons?
because of the tilt of the earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun.
Give the proper order for the 4 moon phases.
New, 1st, full, last
you can start with any phase
How are a u-shaped and V shaped valley formed?
U weathering and erosion by glacier
V weathering and erosion byrivers
TRUE OR FALSE:Sometimes the north and south pole have total darkness for several months
TRUE: it stays dark for about 4 or 5 months.
Where would the sun be at 6:30 am in the summer time.
In the east. AM is morning and PM is afternoon and evening. 12 AM is midnight
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
The ocean tides
How is a delta formed? Must be a complete answer.
A river's current slows down when it meets a larger body of water. It then deposits the eroded sediment and the mouth of the river which builds up and adds new land.